Tuyere



,G. FOX ET AL Aug. 7, 1934.

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Aug. 7, 1934. G. Fox ET AL 1,969,693

TUYRE Filed May 14, 1954 4 sheets-sheet 5 ,W 4 -w w .Nbq 6 N x il; El; w/ /WOJ i 4 24m www. *www a0 UX n Aug. 7, 1934. f G. Fox E1- AL TUYRE Filed May 14, 1934 4I Sheets-Sheet 4 HSN oww ww hm. Sm hw Wh. amm. Smm. J m@ Se@ r1 n mi GS mn fw m 0m. n d mm wh mw I W d 9W EN QB 9W @wh Patented Aug. 7, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFICE Ill.a assignors to Freyn Engineering Company, Chicago, Ill., a. corporation of Maine Application May 14, 1934, Serial No.f725,622

Rossum 32 claims. (c1. 12a- 6.6)

'Ihe present invention relates to improvements in tuyres.

More particularly the present invention relates to improvements in tuyres such as are used in blast furnaces. Such tuyres are subjected to very high temperatures. Such high temperatures are due in part to direct radiation and conduction from the flames within the furnace and from the hot blast and in part to the conduction of heat directly from molten metal which has been splashed upon the tuyre or has otherwise contacted therewith. It has been common to cool blast furnace tuyres by attempting to circulate water through the interior chamber of the tuyre. It is a well known fact that a given amount of water which passes along a surface slowly has less cooling eifect than water which passes that surface rapidly. Moreover, a given amount of Water in a thick stream is less effective contact. Also', as Water is an extremely poor conductor of heat, unless the circulation of the water is good, it is very probable that steam is generated by the evaporation of a layer of water which lies immediately adjacent to the hot tuyre Wall surface. This steam expands and thereby acquires a larger surface in contact with the cooling water. The heat of the steam is rather slowly absorbed by the water, causing the steam to be condensed and the temperate of the cooling water to be raised. According to certain prior practice with which applicants are familiar, the ow of water has not been effective in removing bubbles of steam fromthe wall surfaces, and the bubbles doubtless form a fairly eflicient heat insulation between the inng wall surface and the water, further exaggerating the required temperature difference to give the required heat transfer. A further objection which has applied to water-cooled tuyres of designs with which applicants are familiar is that there is considerable danger that the steam generated will not be sufficiently promptly condensed but that because of its great volume it may diminish the amount of water circulated and cause the tuyre to become steam-bound.

An object of the present invention is to provide a water-cooled tuyre having improved means to cause the cooling water to take a circuitous path through passages of restricted area, thereby increasing the velocity of flow of said cooling water and increasing its cooling effectiveness.

A further object is to provide a tuyre which will expose increased area of cooling surface to the cooling water lof the tuyre, particularly in than in a thin stream which has more intimate A further object is to provide a tuyre in which all of the water passing through the tuyre is caused to traverse all parts of the nose portion of the tuyre and thus to be available to meet emergency cooling requirements, such as splashes of molten metal.

A further object is to provide a tuyre which will combine the advantages of increased velocityof water flow with increased cooling area for dissipating the heat from the nose of the tuyre.

A further object is to provide a tuyre having means for dissipating heat from one portion of the tuyre to the other, thereby tending to equalize the temperatures of the various portions of the tuyre.

A further object is to provide an improved tuyre in which the temperature-equalizing means above referred to also serve to mechanically strengthen the tuyre to resist expansion and contraction stresses.

A further object is to provide an improved tuyre having the advantage that cooling water will be directed therethrough at relatively high velocity, the means for directing the cooling water at such high velocity also serving to minimize temperature differences in various parts of the tuyre, and also serving to increase the mechanical strength of the tuyre.

A further object is to provide a tuyre which is economical to manufacture and which will have a relatively long life in service.

A further object is to provide a tuyre which will effectually meet the needs of commercial service.

` Further objects will appear as the description proceeds. A

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is an end View showing the base of a tuyre embodying the principles of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the plane indicated by the arrows 2 2 of Figure 1, the dotted lines representing the forward barriers being omitted for clarity;

Figure 3 shows the nose end of the tuyre, the circle representing the base of the tuyre and the dotted lines representing the rearmost barriers being omitted for clarity;

Figure 4 is a view on an enlarged scale showing a portion of the structure illustrated in Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view showing a section taken along the plane indicated by the arrows 5-5 of Figures 2 and 4;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view showing a section taken along the plane indicated by the arrows 6 6 of Figure 2;

Figure 7 is aA fragmentary view showing a development on a plane surface of the curved surface indicated by the arrows 7-7 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is an end view showing the base of a tuyre embodying a modified construction;

Figure 9 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the plane indicated by the arrows 9-9 of Figure 8;

Figure 10 is an end View of the tuyre shown in Figures 8 and 9 but showing the nose end of said tuyre.

Figure 11 is a View on an enlarged scale showing a portion of the structure illustrated in Figure 9;

Figure 12 is a sectional view taken along the plane indicated by the arrows 12-12 of Figure 9;

Figure 13 is a sectional View taken along the plane indicated by the arrows 13-13 of Figures 2 and 4; and

Figure 14 is a sectional View taken along the plane indicated by the arrows 14--14 of Figures 9 and 11.

Referring first to the embodiment of the present invention disclosed in Figures 1 to 7, said embodiment of the invention involves a two-part construction including the conical portion 20 and the back wall 21. It is at present preferred to embody the tuyre in these two parts for convenience of manufacture, though if preferred the tuyre could be cast kin one piece. According to the illustrated construction, however, the conical portion 20 and the back wall 21 are welded or otherwise united to form a rigid unitary construction. The conical portion of the tuyre 20 includes the outer Wall 22 and the inner wall 23, which walls are coaxially disposed relative to each other. Said walls 22 and 23 are united at the outer yend of the tuyre by the nose wall 24.

The annular space defined by the outer wall 22, inner wall 23 and nose wall 24 and back wall 21 constitutes a space for cooling fluid, and the present invention contemplates a construction of tuyre in which the cooling uid is caused to enter from the rear end of the tuyre, passing directly to the nose portion of the tuyre, circulating back and forth longitudinally of the tuyre while it circulates circumferentially of the tuyre to the discharge point.

According to the structure shown in Figures 1 to 7, cooling fluid is admitted through the inlet opening 25 in the back wall 21 of the tuyre and is discharged through the outlet opening 26 located adjacent to said inlet opening 25. A par.- tition wall 27 extends longitudinally of the tuyre between the coaxially disposed walls 22 and 23 from the back wall 21 to the nose wall 24. Said partition wall 27 is disposed between the inlet.

opening 25 and the discharge opening 26. Though only one inlet opening and one discharge opening are illustrated, it will be clear that a plurality of inlets and a corresponding number of outlets may be provided if preferred, a sufficient number of partition Walls 27 being provided to insure the predetermined course of water from a certain inlet opening to a certain discharge opening, or that the inlet and outlet might be located in diametrically opposite parts of the back wall 21 and the water might pass in two parallel paths around the two halves of the tuyre, though the construction last mentioned is not preferred.

Water from the inlet opening 25 to the discharge opening 26 is directed in a predetermined path by means of a plurality of barriers, certain of which, indicated by the numerals 28-28, extend longitudinally from the back wall 21 toward the nose end of the tuyre. Said barriers 28-28 are radially disposed and are integrally united with the outer wall 22 and inner wall 23. Extending from the nose wall 24 toward the rear end of the tuyre are a plurality of radially disposed barriers 29-29, which barriers are integrally united with the nose Wall 24, the outer wall 22 and the inner wall 23. Said barriers 29--29 are equispaced with respect to the barriers 28-28.

Said barriers 29-29 extend to the region of and preferably beyond the extremities ofthe barriers 28-28, whereby water passing said barriers is forced to take a circuitous path, as clearly illustrated in Figure '7. In other words, there is preferably, though not necessarily, an overlapping relationship between the furthermost extremities of the barriers 28-28 and the rearmost extremities of the barriers 29-29. The barriers 29-29 are connected to the nose Wall by rounded corners and tapered from the nose wall 24 in such a manner as to permit the ready flow of heat thereto from said nose wall 24. The forward extremities of the barriers 28 are spaced from the inner surface of the nose of the tuyre a distance approximately equal to the spacing of the barriers 28 from the barriers 29-29, whereby the flow of cooling medium outwardly past one side of a barrier 28 and inwardly past the other side of saidbarrier is substantially uniform. This structure in combination with the tapering of the barriers 29-29 and the rounding of the corners between said barriers 29-29 and the nose wall results in substantially uniform cross-sectional area in the passageway in the nose of the tuyre out between each barrier 29 and an adjacent barrier 28 and back between said ba1'rier28 and the next barrier 29 and insures effective contact at high velocity between the cooling medium and all portions of the metallic surfaces in the nose portion of the tuyre and practically eliminates the possibility of stagnant water and the formation of steam bubbles.

In addition to the barriers 28-28 and barriers 29-29, a partition 30 is provided, which partition is disposed coaxially with respect to the tuyre and extends inwardly Afrom the nose wall 24 of the tuyre. Said partition is integral with the radially disposed barriers 29 and merges into said barriers in the manner illustrated in Figure 5. Said partition 30 is also integral with the forward extremities of the radially disposed barriers 28- 28. Said partition 30 forms a circumferential series of channels 31 adjacent to the inner wall 23, which channels are bounded by the radially disposed barriers 29-29. Said partition 30 also forms a circumferential series of channels 32 with respect to the outer wall 22, said channels being bounded at their extremities by the radially disposed barriers 29-29. Said partition wall 30 adjacent to each channel 31 and channel 32 tapers as it approaches the radial barriers 29-29 f to eiect the eflicient transfer of heat from the nose wall 24 and the region adjacent thereto to the cooling water being circulated through the channels 31 and 32. The barriers 28-28 are tapered from their region of juncture with the partition 30 to the back wall 21.

The partition 30 serves a quadruple function in that it helps to conduct heat from the nose portion of the tuyre in the vicinity between the barriers 29-29 to said barriers 29-29 and to said barriers 28-28. Said partition 30 also occupies a substantial amount of space and thereby restricts the cross-sectional area of the channels 3l and 32, thereby increasing the velocity of the cooling medium through these water channels. Said partition further divides the stream of coollng water into thin streams which thus have intimate contact with the cooling surfaces. Said partition 30 has the further function that it provides additional cooling surface.

It is preferred to so proportion the parts of the tuyre that the cross-sectional area of the channels 31 and 32 combined is only a small fraction of the water area of an ordinary Watercooled tuyre of the same outside dimensions. Inasmuch as all of the cooling fluid entering through the inlet 25 and discharging through the outlet 26 must pass through the channels 31 and 32, the velocity of the given quantity of Water will be increased many times in that portion of the tuyre adjacent to the nose. This means that the heat dssipating surfaces in this portion of the tuyre will be many times as effective as they are in the ordinary water-cooled tuyre. the radially disposed barriers 29 and the partition 30, the heat dissipating surfaces in the nose portion of applicants tuyre have been increased very materially. The increase in cooling surface and the increase in velocity over prior practice and the forced intimacy of contact of a thin stream results in a multiplication of heat dissipating ability. As a result, the relatively high heat transfer according to the present invention between the tuyre and the water will be accomplished with a relatively small difference in temperature between the metallic wall and the cooling medium. In practice, due to the eicient heat transfer from the wall of the tuyre to the cooling fluid, no portions of the tuyre can attain a high temperature above the cooling medium. The low operating temperature of the tuyre metal has the advantage that it will greatly in,- crease the safe absorptive ability of the metal in the nose part of the tuyre against the instantaneous effect of splashing of molten metal.

Due to the construction in which the outer Wall 22 and inner wall 23 are connected by the barriers 28-28 and 29-29, which barriers are connected together `by the partition 30, the advantage is obtained that the rate of heattransfer from the very hot portions of the tuyre-to the cooler portions thereof is very greatly increased over prior practice. The barriers 28 and 29 and the partition 30 therefore have the function of facilitating the maintenance ofy relatively uniform temperatures throughout the tuyre, and in addition they act as mechanical struts to resist the compression and tension stresses in the various parts of the tuyre set up by such-tem.- perature differences that do exist in actual service.l

According to the preferred construction, the

outer Wall 22 and inner wall 23 should be tapered,

that is-theyshould have a greater thickness in that portion of the tuyre adjacent to the nose wall 24 than in that portion of the tuyre adjacent to the base. This design has a double function of Moreover, due to improving the ability of heat to pass from the nose wall 24 toward the base of the tuyre and restricting the passage for the flow of water near the nose of the tuyre, thereby increasing the velocity of the cooling fluid near the nose of the tuyre. The increased velocity near the nose of the tuyre is due to the reduced cross-sectional area of the passageway in the nose portion. The passageway in the nose defined by the barriers 29-29 and the adjacent end of the intermediate barriers 28-28 is less than half of the average cross-sectional area of said passageway in the base' portion of the tuyre. In Figure 7 the broken line indicated by the letter A defines a plane located approximately at the region of means cross-sectional area of the base portion of the tuyre. It will be noted that in the tuyre above described, the water passing through the channels 31 and 32 is caused to impinge upon the surfaces of the barriers 29-29 and against the inner surface of the nose wall 24. The cooling medium, therefore, has a scrubbing action upon the walls referred to, tending to carry away quickly any bubbles which might be formed. This characteristic is valuable in emergencies when hot molten metal contacts with the nose of the tuyre. In such cases the greatly accelerated heat dissipation and the scrubbing action referred to are very valuable in preventing the rapid accumulation of steam bubbles at the nose of the tuyre.

Though under all ordinary conditions the accumulation of bubbles of steam Within the tuyre will be avoided in the practice of the present invention because of its low operating' temperature, emergency conditions may be encountered such that bubbles of steam will be formed. To avoid the possibility of the tuyre becoming' steambound, small openings 33 and 34 may be provided in the barriers 28-28 at the region adjacent to the rear portion 2l. Referring to Figure 4,l it will be noted that the barrier 28 illustrated therein has an opening 33 therethrough at its vcorner adjacent to the rear Wall 2l and the inner wall 22. Said barrier 28 also has the opening 34 extending therethrough at the corner adjacent to the rear Wall 21 and the outer Wall 23. Said openings 33 and 34 in the various barriers 28-28 will permit steam or air to pass readily around the tuyre to a point or points where they can be discharged. Inasmuch as bubbles of steam or air tend to rise in water, which will be the preferred cooling medium, the inlet opening 25 and the ldischarge opening 26 should be placed upper- Amost to facilitate the discharge of such steam or 4provided with the inletopening 25 and the outlet opening 26. A partition wall 27-,is provided between the inlet opening 25 and the outlet opening 26, which partition Wall is disposed radially vof the tuyre and is integrally united with Ithe outer wall 22 andthe inner wall 23. Said partitionwall extends the -length ofv the tuyre from the rear wall 2l to the nose wall 24 to prevent the short-circuiting of the cooling fluid from the inlet opening 25 to the outlet opening w26...

The jacket provided by the rear wall 2l, outer.

wall 22, inner wall 23 and nose wall 24 is provided with a plurality of barriers to cause the cooling medium flowing from the inlet opening 25 to the outlet opening 26 to take a circuitous path, the flow of cooling medium adjacent to the nose of the tuyre being'at high velocity. One of the barriers referred to is indicated by the numeral 35, which barrier is disposed circumferentially of the tuyre and is for the greater part of its length circular in cross section, dividin g the space between the outer wall 2,2 and the inner wall 23 into two annular spaces disposed coaxially with respect to the tuyre. Said barrier 35 is indented to merge with the inner wall 23 at a region 36 adjacent to and between the inlet opening 25 and the outlet opening 26 whereby to provide an inlet pocket 37 communicating with the inlet opening 25 and an outlet pocket 38 communicating with the outlet opening 26. Said barrier 35 extends from the rear wall 21 to a region adjacent to but spaced from the inner surface of the nose wall 24.

Disposed in spaced relationship with the region 36 and with one another are a plurality of radial barriers 39 extending from the inner wall 23 to said barrier 35. Said barriers 39-39 extend from the rear wall 21-to the nose wall 24, merging into said nose wall 24 and being integral therewith. Radially disposed relative to the tuyre are a plurality of barriers 40--40 extending between the barrier 35 and the outer wall 22 of the tuyre. Said barriers 40-.40 extend from the rear wall 21 to the nose wall 24, merging into said nose wall 24 and being integral therewith. Said barriers 40-40 are disposed symmetrically with respect to the barriers 39, the radial planes marking the barriers 40-40 being spaced substantially midway between the radial planes marking the barriers 39-39. Disposed in radial planes coincident with the barriers 39-39 are short barriers extending from the inner surface of the nose wall 24 to the plane indicated by the numeral 41. Said short barriers are indicated by the numerals 39a-39a and extend between the inner wall 23 and the annular barrier 35. Disposed in radial planes coincident with thebarriers 40-40 are short barriers extending from the inner surface of the nose wall 24 to the plane indicated by the numeral 41. These last mentioned short barriers are indicated by the numerals 40u-40a. and extend between the annular barrier 35 and the outer wall 22.

The barriers 40 form a plurality of passages adjacent to the rear end of the tuyre, which passages are disposed just inside of the outer wall 22 of the tuyre. Said passages, reading in a counterclockwise direction in Figure '12, bear the numerals 42 (which is a continuation of the inlet pocket 37), 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48. Said passage 48 communicates with the outlet pocket 38 communicating with the outlet opening 26. Disposed symmetrically with the passages 42 to 48, inclusive, is a series of passages defined by the barriers 39-39, which passages are located adjacent to the inner wall 23 of the tuyre. Said passages, reading in a counterclockwise direction in Figure 12, bear the numerals 49, 50, 51, 52,

53 and 54. The barriers 39a and 40a provide a plurality of channels communicating with the passages 42 to 48, inclusive, and the passages 49 to 54, inclusive. Said channels, reading in a clockwise direction in Figures 13 and 14, bear the numerals 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 66 disposed circumferentially in proximity to the outer wall 22 of the tuyre and the channels 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78 disposed circumferentially in proximity to the inner wall 23 of the tuyre. Remembering that the annular barrier 35 stops short of the nose wall 24 of the tuyre, it will be noted that a continuous circuitous path is provided for the cooling medium from the inlet opening 25 to' the outlet opening 26, which path conducts the cooling medium back and forth longitudinally of the tuyre along the short barriers 39a and 40a through the channels just referred to.

Tracing the course of the cooling medium, entry is made through the inlet opening 25 and inlet opening pocket 37 to the passage 42 into the channel 55. Said cooling medium passes around the forward extremity of the annular barrier 35 into the channel 67 in the direction of the arrow between said channels in Figure 14. Said cooling medium passes rearwardly around the rear extremity of the corresponding short barrier 40a, thence forwardly in channel 68, past the forward extremity of the annular barrier 35 into the channel 56, thence rearwardly around the rear extremity of the short barrier 39a, and 100 then forwardly in the channel 57, rearwardly in channel 69, forwardly in channel 70, rearwardly in channel 58, forwardly in channel 59, rearwardly in channel 71, forwardly in channel 72, rearwardly in channel 60, forwardly in channel 61, rearwardly in channel 73, forwardly in channel 74, rearwardly in-channel 62, forwardly in channel 63, rearwardly in channel 75, forwardly in channel 76, rearwardly in channel 64, forwardly in channel 65, rearwardly in channel 77, forwardly in channel 78, rearwardly in channel 66. Said channel 66 communicates with the passage 48, outlet pocket 38 and outlet opening 26.

The outer wall 22, the inner wall 23, the annular barrier 35, and the radial barriers 39, 40, 39a and 115 40a all decrease in thickness from the region of the nose of the tuyre toward the rear of the tuyre, thereby facilitating the transfer of heat from the nose toward the cooler portions of the tuyre. Y 120 The radially disposed barriers serve not only as struts for resisting mechanical stresses but act as efficient heat conveyers to convey heat units from very hot portions of the tuyre to the cooler portions thereof, preventing the raising of any 125 portion of the tuyre to destructive temperatures and minimizing the tendency to produce internal stresses. By reason of the radially disposed barriers and the annular barrier, a large area of cooling surface is provided and the velocity of the 130 cooling medium through the tuyre, and particularly in the nose portion thereof, is increased over prior practice. Moreover, the water is caused to pass the surfaces in athin stream and thus to make intimate contact therewith. `Moreover, all 135 the cooling'water is caused to pass all areas of the nose portion of the tuyre. 'Ihough only one inlet opening and one discharge opening are illustrated, it will be clear that a plurality of inlets and a corresponding number of outlets may be provided-if preferred, a sufficient number of partition walls 27 being provided to insure the predetermined course of water from a certain inlet opening to a certain Adischarge opening, or that the inlet and outlet might be located in diametrically opposite parts of the back wall 21 and the water might pass in two parallel paths around the two halves of the tuyre, though, as stated above, the construction last mentioned is not preferred.

Though certain preferred embodiments of the 15b present invention have'been described in detail, many modifications will occur to those skilled in the art. 'It is intended to cover all such modifications that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is- 1. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, one of said walls having therein a Water inlet and a water outlet, radial barriers in said jacket adjoining the nose of said tuyre, and means in said tuyre including partition means extending throughout the length of said annular jacket for causing cooling medium to flow back and forth in a single stream 'along said barriers while traveling circumferentially with respect to said tuyre from said inlet opening to said outlet opening.

2. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, one of said walls having therein a water inlet and a water outlet, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said rst-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being 'spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, and partition means extending throughout the length of said annular jacket for limiting the flow of cooling medium from said inlet to said outlet to a single stream.

3. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, a.

plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said first-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced circumierentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, and a circumferential partition Wall extending from the nose of said tuyre into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacent to the nose of said tuyre into radially spaced channels.

4. vIn a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said iirst-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, and aeir'cumferential partition wall extending from the nose of said tuyre into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacent to "the nose of said tuyre into radially spacedchannels, said first-mentioned barriers and said partition wall tapering in cross-*sectional area from the nose end toward the rear end of said tuyre.

5. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of lthe rearmost extremities of said iirstementioned barriers, said otherbarriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said rst-mentioned barriers, and a circumferential partition wall extending from the nose of said tuyre into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacent to 'the nose of said tuyre into radially spaced channels, said partition forming a junction between said first-mentioned barriers vand said other barriers.

6. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, aplurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said first-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced crcumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, and a circumferential partition wall extending from the nose of said tuyre into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacent to the nose of said tuyre into radially spaced channels, said iirst-mentioned barriers and said partition Wall tapering in cross-sectional area from the nose end to the rear end of said tuyre, said partition forming a junction between said iirst-mentioned barriers and said other barriers.

7. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said iirst-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said iirst-mentioned barriers', and va circumferential partition wall extending from the nose of said tuyre into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacent to the nose of said tuyre into radially spaced channels, said :first-mentioned barriers tapering in cross sectional area from the nose end to the rear end of said tuyre.

8. In a tuyre,`in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, a plurality of other radially disposed barrier extending from the rear of said tuyre toward and beyond the rearmost extremities of said firstmentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, and a circumferential partition wall -extending from the nose of said tuyre into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacent to the nose of said tuyre into radially spaced channels, said iirst-mentioned barriers and said partition wall tapering in cross-sectional area from the nose end to the rear end of said tuyre, said partition forming a junction between said rst-mentioned barriers and said other barriers, said partition tapering in cross-sectional area from said iirst-mentioned barriers toward the regions between said rst-mentioned barriers.

9. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, one of said walls having therein a` water inlet and a water outlet, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said first-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, and partition means extending throughout the length of said annular jacket for limiting the ow of cooling medium from said inlet to said outlet to a single stream, said other barriers having openings therein adjacent to the rear of said tuyre.

10.v In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, an inlet opening and an outlet opening communicating With said jacket, a partition wall dividing said jacket throughout the length thereof to prevent the short-circuiting of cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, and barriers disposed within said jacket for causing cooling medium to ow back and forth longitudinally of the tuyre in passing from said inlet-opening to said outlet opening.

11. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, an inlet opening and an outlet opening communicating with said jacket, a partition wall dividing said jacket throughout the length thereof to prevent the short-circuiting of cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, and barriers disposed within said jackets for causing cooling medium to flow back and forth longitudinally of the tuyre in passing from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, said barriers being disposed radially of said jacket.

12. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, an annular barrier disposed within said jacket and extending to a region adjacent to but spaced from the nose end of said tuyre, and radially disposed barriers joining with said annular barrier and arranged for causing cooling medium in said jacket to ow back and forth longitudinally of said tuyre while traveling circumferentially thereof.

13. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for`cooling medium, said tuyre having an inlet opening and an outlet opening communicating with said jacket, a partition Wall dividing said jacket longitudinally to prevent the short-circuiting'of cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, an annular barrier within said jacket dividing said jacket into an inner compartment and an outer compartment, said barrier extending from the rear of said tuyre to a region adjacent to but spaced from the nose end of said tuyre, radial walls dividing said inner compartment into a plurality of circumferentially spaced passages, radial barriers dividing said outer compartment int'o a plurality of circumferentially spaced passages, said barriers in said inner compartment being spaced from and disposed symmetrically with the barriers in said outer compartment, and other radial barriers between said annular barrier and the inner and outer walls of said tuyre providing channels communicating serially with said passages to provide a continuous circuitfor cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening back and forth longitudinally of said tuyre adjacent to the nose portiony of said tuyre.

14. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, said tuyre having an'inlet opening, an outlet opening communicating with said jacket, a partition Wall dividingsaid jacket longitudinally to prevent short-circuiting of cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, an annular barrier Within said jacket dividing said jacket into an inner compartment and an outer compartment, radial barriers in said inner compartment dividing the space adjacent to the base of said tuyre into a plurality of circumferentially spaced passages, radial barriers in said outer compartment dividing the space adjacent to the base of said tuyre into a plurality of circumferentially spaced passages, the passages in said inner compartment being staggered with respect to the passages in said outer compartment, and other radial barriers in said inner and outer compartments providing channels serially connecting said passages to provide a circuit of flow from said inlet opening to said outlet opening back and forth longitudinally of said tuyre.

15. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an-annular jacket for cooling medium, an annular barrier disposed within said jacket and extending to a region adjacent to but spaced from the nose end of said tuyre, and radially disposed barriers joining with said annular barrier and arranged for causing cooling medium in said jacket to ow in a tortuous course progressively, longitudinally, radially and circumferentially of said tuyre.

16. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, an inlet opening and an outlet opening communicating with said jacket, a partition wall dividing said jacket throughout the length thereof to prevent short-circuiting of cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers. I Y

17. In a tuyre, in combination, walls` providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, an inlet opening and an outlet opening communieating with said jacket, a partition wall dividing said jacket throughout the length thereof to prevent short-circuiting of cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre land tapering in cross-sectional area from the nose toward the rear end of said tuyre, and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said rst-mentioned barriers.

18. In a tuyre, in combination, Walls providing an annular jacket forlcooling medium, an inlet opening and an outlet opening communieating with said jacket, a, partition wall dividing said jacket throughout the length thereof to prevent short-circuiting of cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said first-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said M0 first-mentioned barriers.

19. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacketffor cooling medium, an inlet opening and an outlet opening communicating with said jacket, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rear- Wardly from the nose of said tuyre and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said rst-mentioned barriers and a circumferential partition wall extending from the nose of said tuyre into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect; to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacentl to the no se of said tuyre into radially spaced channels.

20. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacketl for cooling medium, an inlet opening and an outlet opening communicating with said jacket, a partition wall dividing said jacket to prevent short-circuiting of cooling medium from said inlet opening to said outlet opening, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers and a circumferential partition wall extending from the nose of said tuyre into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacent to the nose of said tuyre into radially spaced channels. v

21. In a, tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, an annular barrier disposed within said jacket dividing said jacket into inner and outer compartments, radially disposed barriers joining with said annular barrier, said annular barrier providing communication between said inner and outer compartments at a region adjacent to the nose of said tuyre, said annular barrier and said radially disposed barriers defining a circuitous path for cooling medium back and forth longitudinally of said tuyre and circumferentially of said tuyre.

22. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, an annular barrier disposed within said jacket and dividing said jacket into inner and outer com- Y partments, said annular barrier providing cornrality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said'tuyre and tapering in cross-sectional area f-rom the nose toward the rear end of said tuyre, a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said otherbarriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, said inner wall and said outer wall decreasing in cross-section from said nose wall toward said back wall, and a circumferential partition wall extending from said nose wall into said jacket, said circumferential partition wall decreasing in cross-section rearwardly from said nose wall.

24. In a tuyre, in combination, an in ner wall, an outer wall, a nose wall, and a back wall providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre and tapering in cross-sectional area from the nose toward the rear end of said tuyre,

ytending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumierentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, said inner wall and said outer wall decreasing in cross-section from said nose wall toward said back wall, and a circumferential partition wall extending from said nose wall into said jacket, said circumferential partition Wall decreasing in crosssection rearwardly from said nose wall, said cir-- tioned radially disposed barriers toward said rstmentioned radially disposedbarriers.

25. In a tuyre, in combination, an inner wall, an outer wall, a nose wall, and a back wall providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre and tapering in cross-sectional area from the nose toward the rear end of said tuyre, and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, a circumferential barrier in the nose of said tuyre, said rst-mentioned barriers and said circumferential barrier providing a plurality of circumferentially spaced channels in the nose of said tuyre, which channels decrease in cross-section from the regions midway between said first-mentioned barriers to said rst-mentioned barriers.

26. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said rst-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, and-a circumferential partition wall extending from the nose of said tuyre. into said jacket coaxially disposed with respect to said tuyre and dividing said jacket adjacent to the nose of said tuyre into radially spaced charmels, said first-mentioned barriers tapering in crosssectional area from the nose end of the tuyre rearwardly.

27. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, and a plurality of other' radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumferentally with respect 1 to said rst-mentioned barriers, said rst-mentioned barriers extending rearwardly to the region of the forward extremities of said other barriers, the spacing between the forward extremities of said other barriers and the inner wall of the nose of said tuyre being approximately equal to the spacing of said other barriers with respect to said first-mentioned barriers.

28. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, radially disposedbarriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said rst-mentioned barriers, the spacing between the forward extremities of said other barriers and the inner wall of the nose of said tuyre being approximately equal to the spacing of said other barriers with respect to said rst-mentioned barriers, said first-mentioned barriers being located only in the nose region of said tuyre.

29. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, a plurality of radially disposed barriers in said Jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre to the region of the rearmost extremities of said first-mentioned barriers, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said firstmentioned barriers whereby to provide a series passageway for the flow of cooling medium, the cross-sectional area 'of said passageway in the nose of said tuyre defined by said barriers being less than half of the average cross-sectional area of said passageway in the base of said tuyre defined by said barriers.

30. In a tuyre, in combination, walls providing an annular jacket for cooling medium, radially disposed barriers in said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being spaced circumferentially with respect to said first-mentioned barriers whereby to provide passageways in said jacket at the nose of said tuyre, said passageways in the nose of said tuyre being of substantially uniform cross-sectional area in the portions thereof dened by the forward extremity of each of said other barriers and the neighboring first-mentioned barriers adjacent thereto.

31. In a tuyre, in combination,v walls providing an annular jacket for'cooling medium, radially disposed barriers in. said jacket extending rearwardly from the nose of said tuyre, and a plurality of other radially disposed barriers extending'from the rear of said tuyre, said other barriers being circumferentially spaced with respect to said first-mentioned barriers, said rstmentioned barriers being located only in the nose region of said tuyre, said first-mentioned barriers and said other barriers extending substantially to the saine region longitudinally of said tuyre.

32. In a tuyre, in combination, an inner wall, an outer wall, a nose wall and a back wall providing an annularjacket for cooling medium, an

`inlet opening and an outlet opening in said back Wall, and a partition extending throughout the length of said jacket for limiting the ilow of cooling medium from said inlet to said outlet to al single stream, said inner wall and said outer wall tapering in cross-section from said nose wall to said back wall.

GORDON FOX.

ARTHUR J. WHITCOMB. 

